spermatocele etymology

English word spermatocele comes from English spermato-, English -cele

Detailed word origin of spermatocele

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
spermato- English (eng) Forms terms relating to seeds. Forms terms relating to sperm.
-cele English (eng) (possibly, nonstandard) Alternative form of -coel (“cavity”) (medicine) A hernia.. (medicine) A tumour.
spermatocele English (eng) A retention cyst of a tubule of the rete testis or the head of the epididymis distended with barely watery fluid that contains spermatozoa.

Words with the same origin as spermatocele

Descendants of spermato-
spermatoblast spermatocyte spermatogemma spermatogenesis spermatogenetic spermatogenic spermatogenous spermatoid spermatophagy spermatophobia spermatophylax spermatophyte spermatophytic spermatorrhoea spermaturia
Descendants of -cele
adenocele amniocele blastocele bronchocele choledochocele encephalocele enterocele galactocele glossocele hepatocele keratocele laparocele lymphocele merocele mucocele omphalocele pneumatocele proctocele pseudocele rectocele ureterocele urethrocele urocele varicocele